The Songs of Kabir, tr. by Rabindranath Tagore, intro. by Evelyn Underhill, [1915], at sacred-texts.com

LIII

I. 122. kaum muralî s'abd s'un ânand bhayo

WHAT is that flute whose music thrills me with joy? The flame burns without a lamp; The lotus blossoms without a root; p. 99 Flowers bloom in clusters; The moon-bird is devoted to the moon; With all its heart the rain-bird longs for the shower of rain; But upon whose love does the Lover concentrate His entire life?